Fuckin squids in Wanganui letting the side down

[jrandom]

Right, I'm afraid I can't really let this go any longer.

Whoever it was riding around town in Wanganui on Boxing Day in shorts and jandals, tinted visor down and lanesplitting like an idiot, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Particularly when you squeezed past that 4WD at the traffic lights and whacked a great dent in her front bumper with your exhaust!

:eek5:

It's that sort of foolish carry-on that brings motorcycling into disrepute and cements the opinion of the majority against people on bikes.

I personally think that such behaviour is absolutely uncalled for and detracts from an otherwise great atmosphere. I'll never wave to or otherwise acknowledge such idiots on the road.

And as for the fellow riding in a T-shirt on the blue R1 and pulling wheelies down the street past my motel, all I can say is, it's time you realised, sir, that they're neither big nor clever.

:bash:

[Katman]

Right, I'm afraid I can't really let this go any longer.

Whoever it was riding around town in Wanganui on Boxing Day in shorts and jandals, tinted visor down and lanesplitting like an idiot, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Particularly when you squeezed past that 4WD at the traffic lights and whacked a great dent in her front bumper with your exhaust!

:eek5:

It's that sort of foolish carry-on that brings motorcycling into disrepute and cements the opinion of the majority against people on bikes.

I personally think that such behaviour is absolutely uncalled for and detracts from an otherwise great atmosphere. I'll never wave to or otherwise acknowledge such idiots on the road.

And as for the fellow riding in a T-shirt on the blue R1 and pulling wheelies down the street past my motel, all I can say is, it's time you realised, sir, that they're neither big nor clever.

:bash:

We could make beautiful babies - if one of us was a chick.:msn-wink:

[dipshit]

Yep, there are plenty of wankers and idiots out there on bikes too.

It's always a few that ruin it for everybody else.

[Motu]

You really wanted to be a Policeman didn't you :Police::laugh:

[onearmedbandit]

No matter where you go, what you do, where you work, what interests you have, there will always be dipshits.

[The Stranger]

Post their regos Dan, name and shame.





You know you want to.

[HRT]

You really wanted to be a Policeman didn't you :Police::laugh:

Everyone wants to be occasionally ;)

[mstriumph]

sometimes, when you are having a bad day, NOTHING seems clever - not even wheelies ...

there are SOME days when even chocolate fails to make me smile

not many people know that

ok ---- carry on ranting :corn:

[imdying]

there are SOME days when even chocolate fails to make me smileWell I hope I never fall in that pit of despair! :mellow:

[James Deuce]

Burn them!

[Headbanger]

Righto, Stay the fuck out of Wanganui then ya crying little baby.

And no, It wasn't me, nor do I know or give a fat fuck who it was.

[Maha]

Theres only ever been two good things to come out of Wanganui....
The road north and the road south, oh three if you count that sludge flow they call the 'River'...:eek:

[99TLS]

maybe it was KATMAN doing wheelies :laugh::laugh:

[sprag]

Its wanganui what do you expect,

Its either old people driving or boy racers, I have always said if you want to learn to drive/ride do it in wanganui if you dont die then your fine everywhere else in the country.

[skidMark]

don't look at me ow. :cool:

[PrincessBandit]

Theres only ever been two good things to come out of Wanganui....
The road north and the road south, oh three if you count that sludge flow they call the 'River'...:eek:

Awww, that's not very nice.
Used to be a real bonus being able to walk from my nan's house to the race circuit when she lived in Liffiton St. You'd hear bikes going past their house all day...
But I agree about the dirty brown water "feature" :lol:

[sprag]

Awww, that's not very nice.
Used to be a real bonus being able to walk from my nan's house to the race circuit when she lived in Liffiton St. You'd hear bikes going past their house all day...
But I agree about the dirty brown water "feature" :lol:

oh dont forget the sheep that float down it, and they aint swimming.

[skidMark]

wanganui isn't as bad as going north though.....as the sound of dualling banjos gets louder and louder the closer you get.

[fireball]

oh dont forget the sheep that float down it, and they aint swimming.

mm sheep...... i like sheep:drool:......
where are my velcro gloves?

but really splitting and wheelies? shame on you.

[Maha]

wanganui isn't as bad as going north though.....as the sound of dualling banjos gets louder and louder the closer you get.



:spudguita:spudguita make noise like a pig and dang ya'll enjoy.....:buggerd:

[Taz]

I was riding around my town in shorts and a T-shirt the other day...... Is there a problem with that?? Wasn't planning on crashing.

[Maha]

I was riding around my town in shorts and a T-shirt the other day...... Is there a problem with that?? Wasn't planning on crashing.


Does anyone 'plan' a crash??.....:no:

[janno]

I didn't think Wangavegas had any great monopoly on squids? No different to what I've seen in Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Perth . . .

Though I was bitterly disappointed in the brolly girls at Wanganui. They didn't quite look the same as the ones who wander around Queensland Raceway. No, you wouldn't have mistaken the Wanga ones for FHM models that's for sure. But maybe the wanga ones can do long division and change a tyre.

[sprag]

Does anyone 'plan' a crash??.....:no:

I was going to make a joke but i aint going to chance it :P

[Big Dave]

I was riding around my town in shorts and a T-shirt the other day...... Is there a problem with that?? Wasn't planning on crashing.

:clap: Troll of the week.

[Coyote]

Motorcycles are a menace to society. They should all be killed before they kill our babies.

[fireball]

I didn't think Wangavegas had any great monopoly on squids? No different to what I've seen in Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Perth . . .

Though I was bitterly disappointed in the brolly girls at Wanganui. They didn't quite look the same as the ones who wander around Queensland Raceway. No, you wouldn't have mistaken the Wanga ones for FHM models that's for sure. But maybe the wanga ones can do long division and change a tyre.

so many things i could say.....
ill stick with, the girls down there just aren't as hot as the sheep.....
.... where are you baaabra? :niceone:

[Taz]

Was good tho eh Dave. Is true though. I had to fix some things for the Inlaws, used the bike, chucked some tools in the back and cruised around to their place, Maybe 1.5km at most then a trip to Mitre 10 another 600metres and back home and in all this time cruising at 40-60kmh I never once crashed!!! Can you believe it?? I did have a helmet though :) Maybe next time I'll wear it on my head!

[sprag]

so many things i could say.....
ill stick with, the girls down there just aren't as hot as the sheep.....
.... where are you baaabra? :niceone:

ah yes but they have just as much hair on there bodies as a sheep :P

[TOTO]

DUmb Behaviour that T-shirt riding. For firs time ever yesterday I rode 4km with shorts and sport shoes - its not fun man, I was feeling so bare like a turtle out of its shell:Oops:. I aint doing that again. I just dont get why ppl do it

[Taz]

DUmb Behaviour that T-shirt riding. For firs time ever yesterday I rode 4km with shorts and sport shoes - its not fun man, I was feeling so bare like a turtle out of its shell:Oops:. I aint doing that again. I just dont get why ppl do it


Because we can.
Ain't against the law yet.

[Maha]

Ain't against the law yet.

Neither is having sex without a plonker on...and both acts considered 'fuckwit' behavour to many...

[sprag]

Because we can.
Ain't against the law yet.

but still not the best idea,

[The Pastor]

whats this? motorcylist upsetting other road users? Motorcylist not playing by the rules? Motorcyclist just doing what he wants to?

what a bad ass, we should lock his ass up (it'll give skidmark some company)

[The Pastor]

Does anyone 'plan' a crash??.....:no:

well EJ kinda planned his didn't he? He got the photo to prove it!

[Taz]

Neither is having sex without a plonker on...and both acts considered 'fuckwit' behavour to many...

Harsh words Mr Maha.
I think it's all about personal choice. (the riding gear bit). Not the same as your sleeping around behind the Mrs's back and bringing her home a disease surely? Only hurting yourself by not wearing all the gear and only if you come off.... Riding short distances slowly around a small town and I don't see the problem. Riding at speed and riding stupid and of course you're more likely to put yourself at risk. Been 22 years since my last crash and even that hardly counts as one.
Andy.

[Maha]

well EJ kinda planned his didn't he? He got the photo to prove it!

He fell over, its as bout as convincing as me doing a runner yesterday....:yes:

[Maha]

Harsh words Mr Maha.
I think it's all about personal choice. (the riding gear bit). Not the same as your sleeping around behind the Mrs's back and bringing her home a disease surely? Only hurting yourself by not wearing all the gear and only if you come off.... Riding short distances slowly around a small town and I don't see the problem. Riding at speed and riding stupid and of course you're more likely to put yourself at risk. Been 22 years since my last crash and even that hardly counts as one.
Andy.

Was waiting for the real story line....i agree with what you are saying now Andy. A few posts back you made it sound (well tried to make it sound like) that you are the man and will do whatever you want, fair call, it is personal choice. Moving on........

[James Deuce]

Speaking of squids, kiwifruit never turned up to get his mags.

[ElCoyote]

I was riding around my town in shorts and a T-shirt the other day...... Is there a problem with that?? Wasn't planning on crashing.


I do believe that dubious lane splitting and contact with a cage were mentioned in the same post. Personally your attire is your choice but indicates cavalier attitude. :angry2:

[Taz]

Yeah Maha. My first post was a bit of a stir. But I do believe that too many people are too worried about what others do. That's not a way to live. Just worry about yourselves and what you can personally change people. Leave the rest to fate.

[jrandom]

Speaking of squids, kiwifruit never turned up to get his mags.

Clivoris said, in your thread, "They're mine..all mine."

kiwifruit may have quite understandably assumed that there was therefore no point in turning up to pick them up.

Then again, he might have just forgotten due to being in shock from all the dastardly squid-like behaviour he was exposed to in Wanganui on the 26th...

:laugh:

[HDTboy]

Sorry jrandom!
Good thing they didn't get the breathalyser out! I was pissed

[avrflr]

I think cycling on the road is more dangerous than riding a motorbike. Have you ever seen a cyclist in full leathers? Are they all dumb, irresponsible cunce for not wearing armour?

I'm sorry but a successful wheelie is cool, end of story.

OTOH, if you ding a car while splitting, you are certainly a ghey.

[boomer]

Was teh squid on the R1 kiwi fruitaliciious?


Squid it up i say.... meh meeeh ...

[jrandom]

OTOH, if you ding a car while splitting, you are certainly a ghey.

Yup, that is a very teh ghey.

All I can imagine is that maybe he was riding a new bike with an exhaust that stuck out way more than his previous one.

Something like that.

But, what a plonker, eh?

Fuckin squids.

:no:

[jrandom]

Was teh squid on the R1 kiwi fruitaliciious?

More of a salty taste, I'd say.


Squid it up i say.... meh meeeh ...

fookin NEOWWWWWW!

[fireball]

ah yes but they have just as much hair on there bodies as a sheep :P

i like the wool lanolin is good for the skin where as the nasty stubble rash from the woman down there does nothing for me! :jerry::buggerd:

[Mom]

Thanks guys, have been at work all day, needed a giggle when I got home!

[jrandom]

Good thing they didn't get the breathalyser out! I was pissed

Yes, you are a bad man.

Seemed to work well for you, though. I'm taking a hipflask to the races next year.

[Mom]

Yes, you are a bad man.

Seemed to work well for you, though. I'm taking a hipflask to the races next year.

Now, now dont blow your image here, remember boozers are losers! :laugh:

[jrandom]

Now, now dont blow your image here, remember boozers are losers!

Yes, and apparently speed kills.

Being dead doesn't seem too bad so far, so I figure I might as well drink up.

[pritch]

Riding short distances slowly around a small town and I don't see the problem.

I seem to recall that Mike Hailwood had an accident while going to get fish and chips? He wasn't planning on having an accident, but it killed him anyway.

Some hereabout seemingly haven't heard the saying,
"Dress for the slide, not for the ride."

Riding in shorts is stupid, but you have that right (for a little bit longer at least). It's your life.

Just don't try and pretend that it's anything other than stupid because it isn't.

[Taz]

I seem to recall that Mike Hailwood had an accident while going to get fish and chips? He wasn't planning on having an accident, but it killed him anyway.

Some hereabout seemingly haven't heard the saying,
"Dress for the slide, not for the ride."

Riding in shorts is stupid, but you have that right (for a little bit longer at least). It's your life.

Just don't try and pretend that it's anything other than stupid because it isn't.

Says you.......

[Mike748]

Yeah Maha. My first post was a bit of a stir. But I do believe that too many people are too worried about what others do. That's not a way to live. Just worry about yourselves and what you can personally change people. Leave the rest to fate.

Agreed, got a couple of louts tearing up n down our street on dirt bikes wearing nothing but shorts, wife was getn pissed about it ......... told her not to stress as it'll go nice n quite while theyre getn their skin grafts. :doctor:
:laugh:

[huck farley]

Theres only ever been two good things to come out of Wanganui....
The road north and the road south, oh three if you count that sludge flow they call the 'River'...:eek:

Well thank you very much, Warkworth is not exactly the Riviera of the North now is it.

The only good thing to take there is a bladder full of stale piss, cause you do have some good public shit houses.

And the only good thing to take with you when you go, is the big breakfast, from the shop the Chinese people run. All the other lazy bastards are closed at eight o'clock am

Don't you ever come back to Wangavagus I will get Mayor Laws!! to baaaa you. The only Mayor with Balls, besides Banksy.

I met the Mayor of Warkworth he was cleaning the shit houses at the time!!
Decent bloke though.

[Cary]

Harsh words Mr Maha.
I think it's all about personal choice. (the riding gear bit). Not the same as your sleeping around behind the Mrs's back and bringing her home a disease surely? Only hurting yourself by not wearing all the gear and only if you come off.... Riding short distances slowly around a small town and I don't see the problem. Riding at speed and riding stupid and of course you're more likely to put yourself at risk. Been 22 years since my last crash and even that hardly counts as one.
Andy.

Not counting the off-road crashes then.........:whistle:


Says you.......

Keep stirring.........

[pritch]

Says you.......

No. Says the ones that aren't stupid.

Find me an authoritative source that says it's OK to ride around on a bike in shorts, tee shirt, and jandals, and I may be convinced.

On the other hand I don't have to move out of my chair to read several that advise to the contrary.

[sunhuntin]

i regularly ride in a tshirt... hell sometimes i will ride in a sleeveless shirt.
my only major off, my protective gear was an open facer helmet and steel cap cowboy boots. i was also wearing jeans, a singlet and cheapo warehouse sunglasses.
i landed on my back [i think] and walked away.
my legs, which were the most protected, are fucked. i cant kneel for long periods without my knees locking. my left lower leg is nothing but scar tissue, and even shaving is agony. a slight brush of a finger is almost enough to send me through the roof in pain. pillioning for more than an hour on a sprotsbike means a bit of staggering on my part when i get off.
my upper body, i got two small knicks in my thumb and the lens came out of my glasses.

[Kiwibloke]

Dont know about you guys, but im a great fan of a good wheel stand! Hope there wasnt too much damage to the bikes muffler!

[jrandom]

Hope there wasnt too much damage to the bikes muffler!

No, it was fine. Stainless steel on plastic, guess which wins?

;)

[skidMark]

Does anyone 'plan' a crash??.....:no:


**steps out off the thread slowly backwards**


**waving his white flag**

[skidMark]

I think cycling on the road is more dangerous than riding a motorbike. Have you ever seen a cyclist in full leathers? Are they all dumb, irresponsible cunce for not wearing armour?

I'm sorry but a successful wheelie is cool, end of story.

OTOH, if you ding a car while splitting, you are certainly a ghey.


yeah i got blimin close splitting up to lights once....ooo that looks a touch narrow.....oh shell be right just get her smack down the middle...

click click as my mirrors perfectly evenly nicked the mirrors of cars on either side...the slightest touch...felt fucking guilty.....

anothertime i hit just one mirror just ever so slightly nicked cus a guy stuck his arm out the window....

[ElCoyote]

i regularly ride in a tshirt... hell sometimes i will ride in a sleeveless shirt.
my only major off, my protective gear was an open facer helmet and steel cap cowboy boots. i was also wearing jeans, a singlet and cheapo warehouse sunglasses.
i landed on my back [i think] and walked away.
my legs, which were the most protected, are fucked. i cant kneel for long periods without my knees locking. my left lower leg is nothing but scar tissue, and even shaving is agony. a slight brush of a finger is almost enough to send me through the roof in pain. pillioning for more than an hour on a sprotsbike means a bit of staggering on my part when i get off.
my upper body, i got two small knicks in my thumb and the lens came out of my glasses.

Waiting for a discourse on your dick...........now that would be interesting. Not :Oi:

[Usarka]

Two things wrong with this thread.

1. why the fuck were you in wanganui anyway?

2. is there traffic in wanganui that you can actually split past :eek5:

3. 1400cc is a lot of squid.

[carver]

Yep, there are plenty of wankers and idiots out there on bikes too.

It's always a few that ruin it for everybody else.

oh yeah?
whats been ruined?

[99TLS]

oh yeah?
whats been ruined?

your a good one to speak after your antics :tugger::tugger:

[Swoop]

I think cycling on the road is more dangerous than riding a motorbike. Have you ever seen a cyclist in full leathers? Are they all dumb, irresponsible cunce for not wearing armour?
Cool. We can really start some proper trolling with stuff like this!

[cowpoos]

Right, I'm afraid I can't really let this go any longer.

Whoever it was riding around town in Wanganui on Boxing Day in shorts and jandals, tinted visor down and lanesplitting like an idiot, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Particularly when you squeezed past that 4WD at the traffic lights and whacked a great dent in her front bumper with your exhaust!

:eek5:

It's that sort of foolish carry-on that brings motorcycling into disrepute and cements the opinion of the majority against people on bikes.

I personally think that such behaviour is absolutely uncalled for and detracts from an otherwise great atmosphere. I'll never wave to or otherwise acknowledge such idiots on the road.

And as for the fellow riding in a T-shirt on the blue R1 and pulling wheelies down the street past my motel, all I can say is, it's time you realised, sir, that they're neither big nor clever.

:bash:
I didn't think you were the jandal wearing type bro!!

[Hitcher]

One understands that there may have been a 5quid loose in Wangas on Boxing Day. Strangely coincidental, perhaps?

[sinned]

I was riding around my town in shorts and a T-shirt the other day...... Is there a problem with that?? Wasn't planning on crashing.

It is not a good look but is it more or less risky than riding a bicycle? Plenty of cyclist are riding around at close 50Kph with little protective clothing. I followed one down the Ngauranga gorge at 80kph - not a good speed to come off at.

So riding sensibly (no wheelies) in light clothing at 50ks is probably a reasonable risk.

[Big Dave]

Was good tho eh Dave. Is true though.

I can't do shorts. Just makes me feel wrong-g-g-g.
Draggins and sturdy boots min for low speed.

I pootled around on a Cruiser in an open face and tee shirt for a while this afternoon. Aware of the risk and took it. Lived to tell and rather enjoyed it.

Not the sort of thing I want noobs to do though. Strongly advise ATGATT until expert standard.

Conversely the fuck-knuckle that quite dangerously 'undertook' me the other day, while lane splitting on his 50cc italian scooter up Gt Sth Rd, I was pleased to see wearing jandals, singlet and boardies.

[CBR97]

:Police:Yeah ,
i bet these people have unprotected sex aswell,
fucking loser,s, doing things on moto bikes, in unprotected cloths

what will they do next?
its just gets worse and woser each year, and i have had enough,

we should have some more laws to stop people doing this sort of thing, maybe a cop in the bedroom just to make sure they wear a condom,

give me a badge and ill take care of the little fuckers, :niceone::jerry:

and some people protest against abortion, when all we need to do is kill the little fuckers before they go out and ruin our good names,:jerry:

[Taz]

I can't do shorts. Just makes me feel wrong-g-g-g.
Draggins and sturdy boots min for low speed.

I pootled around on a Cruiser in an open face and tee shirt for a while this afternoon. Aware of the risk and took it. Lived to tell and rather enjoyed it.

Not the sort of thing I want noobs to do though. Strongly advise ATGATT until expert standard.

Conversely the fuck-knuckle that quite dangerously 'undertook' me the other day, while lane splitting on his 50cc italian scooter up Gt Sth Rd, I was pleased to see wearing jandals, singlet and boardies.

And we all know that KR wouldn't run pics of someone stunting while wearing a T-Shirt eh? :niceone:

[ynot slow]

Who gives a flying fark about what anyone does?

It's their choice,i.e wheelies on public roads,so called non protective clothes,time and place for sure.I am always riding with boots,jeans and leather jacket,even just to go up town.More chance of an off around town and 50 km with teeshirt although cooler temperature wise,means bad rash in crash.Easy to take jacket off if having a drink or shopping when ride ends.

Had an off 17 years ago in town,had jeans,t shirt on and boots,we had a 90 degree corner by our house so max speed was about 30km,wet road, quick zap to dairy 400mt away,return,about to turn bend car almost on my side,swerve to miss get one wheel on grass one on road,by by.Had a small scratch on hand which caught the loose chip on edge of road,sore leg,but learnt a lesson that day.Joys of a suzi er 185 nice and light to shift off leg lol,and the farkin car didn't stop,just assumed I'd made it.

[Big Dave]

And we all know that KR wouldn't run pics of someone stunting while wearing a T-Shirt eh? :niceone:

I love that shot. :Punk:

[2wheeldrifter]

mm sheep...... i like sheep:drool:......
where are my velcro gloves?

Oh... you "are" a tough chick! :laugh:

[vifferman]

I seem to recall that Mike Hailwood had an accident while going to get fish and chips? He wasn't planning on having an accident, but it killed him anyway.

He was in his car at the time, not on his bike.

[Storm]

I think cycling on the road is more dangerous than riding a motorbike. Have you ever seen a cyclist in full leathers? Are they all dumb, irresponsible cunce for not wearing armour?


Yes. And arrogant with it. Just ask Jim2 about cyclists:)

[pritch]

He was in his car at the time, not on his bike.

Ummm Ok I know that. Can't see the relevance though...

If anything he should have been even safer on a short trip to the shops in his car than if he was on a bike.

The point I was trying to make is that many accidents happen on short trips just such as those the proponents use to justify their use of minimal safety gear.

The Hurt report sums it up:

"Most motorcycle accidents involve a short trip associated with shopping, errands, friends, entertainment or recreation, and the accident is likely to happen in a very short time close to the trip origin."

[Mekk]

Well if we're concerned about image, I look better in my gear!

[Headbanger]

The point I was trying to make is that many accidents happen on short trips just such as those the proponents use to justify their use of minimal safety gear.



Try this.

No one has to justify jack shit to you.

In fact.

I went out in my T-Shirt this arvo.

And let rip.

Got a problem with that?

Fuck you.

[Big Dave]

The Hurt report sums it up:

"Most motorcycle accidents involve a short trip associated with shopping, errands, friends, entertainment or recreation, and the accident is likely to happen in a very short time close to the trip origin."

Thats because of increased frequency of those Journeys - there are 10,000 more riders going to the shop and visiting friends than there are on a grand tour. That's just the mode - not an assessment of the risk.

That same set of statistics would therefore show that speeding on the open road is far safer than doing 50 to the shop.

[RT527]

Harsh words Mr Maha.
I think it's all about personal choice. (the riding gear bit). Not the same as your sleeping around behind the Mrs's back and bringing her home a disease surely? Only hurting yourself by not wearing all the gear and only if you come off.... Riding short distances slowly around a small town and I don't see the problem. Riding at speed and riding stupid and of course you're more likely to put yourself at risk. Been 22 years since my last crash and even that hardly counts as one.
Andy.

You talk about personal choice...well I have a choice not to do it cause if you do crash , youll make a mess outta yourself....but wait a minute it only affects you if you do that right, theres not the ambos police or fireys that come picks you up = Tax payers dollars(mine ,yours, everyones else that work), then theres the hospital stay = more tax payers dollars, then your recovery= more tax payers dollars, oh what about the acc levy that goes up a little = more dollars each year out of our pockets, so yeah you have a choice, do whats right or be a selfish prick and do something just cause you can!.


Yeah I guess you can call it a choice.

Aint gonna worry me any.:cool::doctor::buggerd::lol:.

[quickbuck]

Ummm Ok I know that. Can't see the relevance though...

If anything he should have been even safer on a short trip to the shops in his car than if he was on a bike.

The point I was trying to make is that many accidents happen on short trips just such as those the proponents use to justify their use of minimal safety gear.

The Hurt report sums it up:

"Most motorcycle accidents involve a short trip associated with shopping, errands, friends, entertainment or recreation, and the accident is likely to happen in a very short time close to the trip origin."

Was going to say Norik Abe, but I think he was in full gear....
Point is, you just never know when!

[dipshit]

Try this.

No one has to justify jack shit to you.

In fact.

I went out in my T-Shirt this arvo.

And let rip.

Got a problem with that?


I have. When you are riding like that on public roads, it is going to be public money that will be paying for all of your skin grafts and recovery time in hospital.

[James Deuce]

On one hand we have the 50+ hard asses complaining that "the young people of today have no balls - get off my lawn you whippersnapper", and on the other we've got every PC, conformist Labour voter kicking anyone who shows any balls right in them. So to speak.

My wife had to change the dressings on a bloke last night whose gear had ridden up in a comparatively low speed accident. After years of living with one of those motorcycling idiots she suggested that he might want to look at better fitting gear, where the other Nurse rostered on asked him the normal medico/firebum/poolice question; "So, are you going to get on a bike again?"

He said, "People get married again you know."

Good on him.

Some of you motorcyclists are too wantonly oblivious to understand motorcycling.

Why do we ride? Because we want to. Because it makes your brain release endorphins and dopamine. Because it makes you free. You can break the law a little bit, risk your life a little bit, drag your toe sliders, your knee, your footpeg, your sorry arse around corners both piffling and glorious and you get to spend time talking about it with other sausage beast junkies.

You all have a Skidmark inside you (or your undies), or you wouldn't be on a bike. Skidmark doesn't like to be lectured, and that's when he can be bothered noticing he's being lectured.

You've all had so many years being conditioned to "safety" that you've bought into the propaganda "wholus bolus".

It's pointless to lecture a motorcyclist about safety.

Try talking about comfort. Try talking about being dry when it rains. Try explaining how a one piece leather race suit with a hump will help get a late model GSXR750 to read 299 km/hr on the speedo.

That shit works.

But tell him he needs to be safer and the Skidmark just pulls a wheelie, then a stoppie, then a feet up u-turn without checking behind and kicks your stinking mirror off.

[kiwifruit]

Wanganui is nice

[James Deuce]

Come and pick up your mags, bitch!

[Headbanger]

I have. When you are riding like that on public roads, it is going to be public money that will be paying for all of your skin grafts and recovery time in hospital.

Well then, I suggest the next time you see me, You flag me down, and explain what parts of my life are too dangerous for your liking and have to be stopped, after all, Public money is at stake.

At which time, I'll tell ya to get fucked.

Deal?

Fuck sake, By that logic, Bikes should be banned.

[jrandom]

a one piece leather race suit with a hump will help get a late model GSXR750 to read 299 km/hr on the speedo.

I think this should be tested.

*nudgeZ* all owners of late model GSX-R750s and one-piece leather race suits

A one piece leather race suit with a hump certainly helps in getting a few extra kph on the speedo of a GSX1400, although the violent tankslapper that ensues at an indicated 235kph when one puts one's head on the triple clamp is... interesting.


Wanganui is nice.

Salubrious indeed!

:sherlock:

[Kittyhawk]

Right, I'm afraid I can't really let this go any longer.

Whoever it was riding around town in Wanganui on Boxing Day in shorts and jandals, tinted visor down and lanesplitting like an idiot, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Particularly when you squeezed past that 4WD at the traffic lights and whacked a great dent in her front bumper with your exhaust!

:eek5:

It's that sort of foolish carry-on that brings motorcycling into disrepute and cements the opinion of the majority against people on bikes.

I personally think that such behaviour is absolutely uncalled for and detracts from an otherwise great atmosphere. I'll never wave to or otherwise acknowledge such idiots on the road.

And as for the fellow riding in a T-shirt on the blue R1 and pulling wheelies down the street past my motel, all I can say is, it's time you realised, sir, that they're neither big nor clever.

:bash:

You're just jealous that he's a real biker!:yes:

[scumdog]

Fuck sake, By that logic, Bikes should be banned.


The man has a point - where on the graph does riding a bike morph from outragously dangerous to totally safe??

What is safe as houses to YOU may well appear to others as a screaming 5-alarm life threat eh?

[jrandom]

You're just jealous that he's a real biker!:yes:

Yeah, he had a pretty nice motorcycle, too.

:love:

[Kittyhawk]

Yeah, he had a pretty nice motorcycle, too.

:love:

So did ya put out to get a ride on it?

[madbikeboy]

Everyone wants to be occasionally ;)

I've never wanted to be a policeman - I'm not interested in group sex with young drunk women, I think a truncheon is for defense, not as a "toy", I can't stand the idea of a porn-stache on my upper lip, and I wasn't teased at school... Plus, who could live on a cops salary??

[Kendog]

Try explaining how a one piece leather race suit with a hump will help get a late model GSXR750 to read 299 km/hr on the speedo.

I have both of those items and I have seen 299 on the speedo, but at the time I was in jeans and a tee shirt :p
disclaimer: the bike may have been on a dyno at the time :whistle:

[scumdog]

I've never wanted to be a policeman - I'm not interested in group sex with young drunk women, I think a truncheon is for defense, not as a "toy", I can't stand the idea of a porn-stache on my upper lip, and I wasn't teased at school... Plus, who could live on a cops salary??

Meh, I never knew all the above was a prerequisite for wanting to join the Police.

So far all I have is the 'stache.

And the salary? I hear ya brother, not flash eh?

After all, I can barely can afford to pay for my two Harleys, my Suzuki, my '66 Thunderbird, my hot-rod F100, my 1400sqm section with 4 bedroom house, go to all the rallies etc I can AND still buy beer, times are tough alright...

[madbikeboy]

Meh, I never knew all the above was a prerequisite for wanting to join the Police.

So far all I have is the 'stache.

And the salary? I hear ya brother, not flash eh?

After all, I can barely can afford to pay for my two Harleys, my Suzuki, my '66 Thunderbird, my hot-rod F100, my 1400sqm section with 4 bedroom house, go to all the rallies etc I can AND still buy beer, times are tough alright...

I'm assuming I'm gonna get a ticket through the post... :laugh:

You can afford all that shit on $50k?? Hey, you didn't just get a big payout, and is your name Clint???

[James Deuce]

$50k?

I don't think so. That's new grad pay. Starting salary package is $53k.

After that it rapidly outstrips the other profession that used to maintain parity with the Police, Nursing.

[scumdog]

I'm assuming I'm gonna get a ticket through the post... :laugh:

You can afford all that shit on $50k?? Hey, you didn't just get a big payout, and is your name Clint???

Nah, 20+ years at the freezing works gave me a good start.

Present salary just maintains it.

And Jim2, I don't know where your coming from but 10+ years later I'm not that far away from the 'starting slalary package' (which of course has nothing to do with what actually goes into your pocket from week-to-week).

And I'm one of those eligible for 'shift allowance' and 'on call allowance' etc, a desk-jockey in the dept won't be getting those.

[James Deuce]

And Jim2, I don't know where your coming from but 10+ years later I'm not that far away from the 'starting slalary package' (which of course has nothing to do with what actually goes into your pocket from week-to-week).

Police web site. Cadet wage is $35K or so.

Nurses get $53k after about 15 years in the job.

[scumdog]

Police web site. Cadet wage is $35K or so.

Nurses get $53k after about 15 years in the job.

We don't have cadets any more.

But when I went in Recruits got $26,000 salary for the 5 months training, came out on about $46,000 or so, the $35,000 sounds a good increase.

And a NCO was meant to be paid the equal to a Parliamentry back-benchers salary once (back in the 70's - what happened eh?)

[James Deuce]

We don't have cadets any more.

But when I went in Recruits got $26,000 salary for the 5 months training, came out on about $46,000 or so, the $35,000 sounds a good increase.

And a NCO was meant to be paid the equal to a Parliamentry back-benchers salary once (back in the 70's - what happened eh?)

Cadet, recruit, they're all n00bs who wouldn't know a decent wheelie in Wangavegas if it bit them on the left.... eyebrow.

[Headbanger]

10+ years later I'm not that far away from the 'starting slalary package'

So, You have total shit job that pays nothing close to what your duties are worth.

Was that your point?

[skidMark]

The man has a point - where on the graph does riding a bike morph from outragously dangerous to totally safe??

What is safe as houses to YOU may well appear to others as a screaming 5-alarm life threat eh?


even when i go for a pootle people think i'm suicidal.

mind you

i never really pootle now do i

more like bwarrrrrr 19k shift bwarrrr19k shift bwarrrrrr 19k shift...:love:

it's ever so slightly loud....old man used to say he cld hear me up on the next main road....

which is a good 1km away....and if he was outside he said it sounded like a forula one car winding up thru the gears....

mmmm sexy noise zxr250 with zx9r race can...sexy sexy.

bite me.:Police:

[ManDownUnder]

Still on for that morgue tour are we? Would you prefer going while or after you have a pulse?


even when i go for a pootle people think i'm suicidal.

mind you

i never really pootle now do i

more like bwarrrrrr 19k shift bwarrrr19k shift bwarrrrrr 19k shift...:love:

it's ever so slightly loud....old man used to say he cld hear me up on the next main road....

which is a good 1km away....and if he was outside he said it sounded like a forula one car winding up thru the gears....

mmmm sexy noise zxr250 with zx9r race can...sexy sexy.

bite me.:Police:

[skidMark]

Still on for that morgue tour are we? Would you prefer going while or after you have a pulse?
back in the day man back in the day...

i'm a lil angel honest....

considering i'm prob not getting my license back till 09....

bollocks...:crybaby:

[toycollector10]

The concept of having my right arm strapped to my
ar*e while the skin graft takes, and the left arm strapped
to my chin while the other graft takes doesn't appeal much.
All you guys wearing running shoes, you usually put your
foot out in a crash, your foot stops, the rest of you keeps
going leaving your foot hanging by the achilles tendon.
Back to the grafts, it gets real exciting when nursy comes
along to wipe your ar*se. She thinks you look real hot...

[Swoop]

Fuck sake, By that logic, Bikes should be banned.
VOTE LABOUR and this CAN happen!!

I've never wanted to be a policeman - I'm not interested in group sex with young drunk women, I think a truncheon is for defense, not as a "toy", I can't stand the idea of a porn-stache on my upper lip, and I wasn't teased at school... Plus, who could live on a cops salary??
You are gonna fit in real well around here!!!!

After all, I can barely can afford to pay for my two Harleys, my Suzuki, my '66 Thunderbird, my hot-rod F100, my 1400sqm section with 4 bedroom house, go to all the rallies etc I can AND still buy beer, times are tough alright...
The tassle budget - don't forget the tassle budget!!!

i never really pootle now do i, more like bwarrrrrr 19k shift
So, the 19k takes 2-2.5 years to earn???

[FilthyLuka]

zxr250 with zx9r race can...


Why? :scratch:

[dipshit]

Well then, I suggest the next time you see me, You flag me down, and explain what parts of my life are too dangerous for your liking and have to be stopped, after all, Public money is at stake.

At which time, I'll tell ya to get fucked.

Deal?

Fuck sake, By that logic, Bikes should be banned.

Obviously you ain't too bright. If the bean counters one day look at the figures and note that motorcycles as 2% of road users are soaking up 12% of ACC funds, then they just may decide to ban us or something.

Now that would piss me off big-time. The the few idiots and wankers out there could ruin it for the rest of us.

But hey, you're too stupid or lazy to even bother putting a jacket on. Thanks dick-head for making all motorcyclists look like irresponsible idiots.

[James Deuce]

IMO the majority of Motorcyclists operate a vehicle with performance parameters so far beyond the normal scope of understanding for most car-only drivers, that they perceive us all to be "irresponsible idiots".

On another note:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8ZnQ95cKk

[scumdog]

So, You have total shit job that pays nothing close to what your duties are worth.

Was that your point?


No real point - just a comment.

BUT one thing: Job Security, they ain't laying cops off because nobody commits offences or there's no crime any more.....

After being sat on my arse out of work after 20 years in one industry it's nice to know the gates are unlikely to be locked in THIS job.

[scumdog]

Cadet, recruit, they're all n00bs who wouldn't know a decent wheelie in Wangavegas if it bit them on the left.... eyebrow.

Not even xxxx and xxxx the mono kings before they joined?
and yyy and his mate?

All 30+ years old too...whipper-snappers eh?

[James Deuce]

Especially them. They will have gone soft round the middle and the nearest they've been to a highchair lately is their own squalling brats.

[Headbanger]

Obviously you ain't too bright. If the bean counters one day look at the figures and note that motorcycles as 2% of road users are soaking up 12% of ACC funds, then they just may decide to ban us or something.

Now that would piss me off big-time. The the few idiots and wankers out there could ruin it for the rest of us.

But hey, your too stupid or lazy to even bother putting a jacket on. Thanks dick-head for making all motorcyclists look like irresponsible idiots.

Your living in dreamland if you think the stats on road bike injuries and any potential decisions made by non-bike riders are in any way weighted by the fact I went out yesterday without a jacket on.

Do you see them banning rugby anytime soon?, The single biggest cause of ACC claims.

Do you think they would get away with it?

Loosen up the strap you have around your balls, Live a little, And hit back when shitbags try and shut you down.

I don't care how you think, If you want to claim that makes me "less bright" then yourself, Then more power to you and your tiny little closed mind.

[James Deuce]

Oh for goodness sake, give it a rest.

[jrandom]

At this point, I'd just like to say the following.

<img src="http://i5.tinypic.com/869tsbc.jpg"/>

Thank you. As you were.

[FilthyLuka]

why does everything need to become a pissing contest...

[James Deuce]

Good on you Dan! :)

It's kind of upsetting to watch all these people fall for the bestest troll in AGES.

[scumdog]

Oh for goodness sake, give it a rest.

Jim, you're starting to sound grumpy - you've got until the end of the year to stop or you'll end up as Site Grinch.

On a lighter note I went to the gargre and went eenie-menie-mynie-mo at the T-bird, the Superglide, the Sporty and the F100.

The F100 won - but I've got the rad away getting recored (go air-cooled engines)

So I washed and cruised in the T-bird.

Yesterday it was the 'glides lucky day.

What has this got to do with squids in some obscure Norfeyeland town?

Zilch.

[scumdog]

At this point, I'd just like to say the following.

<img src="http://i5.tinypic.com/869tsbc.jpg"/>

Thank you. As you were.


Keep left ya twat.

[Taz]

why does everything need to become a pissing contest...
Cause I can piss harder than you!

[Katman]

At this point, I'd just like to say the following.

Thank you. As you were.

Neither big nor clever.:msn-wink:

(And FFS, sack your photographer).

[Storm]

Oh come on,we all know wheelies are big and clever and anyone who says otherwise is just bitter and twisted because they cant do them:bleh:

[James Deuce]

You leave the founding member of the Krusty Katana Kontradictors alone shorty!

[Toaster]

And as for the fellow riding in a T-shirt on the blue R1 and pulling wheelies down the street past my motel, all I can say is, it's time you realised, sir, that they're neither big nor clever.

:bash:

Was he playing a banjo?!

[boomer]

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[dipshit]

Your living in dreamland if you think the stats on road bike injuries and any potential decisions made by non-bike riders are in any way weighted by the fact I went out yesterday without a jacket on.


What if no nobody wore a jacket when riding.?? Given that a bike will crash on a daily basis somewhere around the country... the carnage and medical bills would be horrendous if no one wore any safety gear.

Think how that would go down in a age of increasing safety features in cars like safety belts, airbags, and crumpl zones and so on. If everybody was like you it would be only a matter of time until we were on the sharp end of more stricter legislation.

So what makes you so fucking special? Why should you and other wankers risk ruining things for the rest of us if you happen to have an accident and receive very nasty injuries that could have been so easily prevented by just putting a jacket on?





Do you see them banning rugby anytime soon?, The single biggest cause of ACC claims.


Actually the government did try to pass the cost of rugby injuries on to the sport itself by wanting them to take out their own insurance policies to cover injuries. The rugby-heads did start to piss and moan that small cubs wouldn't be able to afford it and would disappear.

[James Deuce]

What if no nobody wore a jacket when riding.?? Given that a bike will crash on a daily basis somewhere around the country... the carnage and medical bills would be horrendous if no one wore any safety gear.

Think how that would go down in a age of increasing safety features in cars like safety belts, airbags, and crumpl zones and so on. If everybody was like you it would be only a matter of time until we were on the sharp end of more stricter legislation.

So what makes you so fucking special? Why should you and other wankers risk ruining things for the rest of us if you happen to have an accident and receive very nasty injuries that could have been so easily prevented by just putting a jacket on?

You're wasting your breath, and in fact encouraging me to start thinking about riding naked, except for the obligatory helmet of course. I have to wear a helmet because someone, somewhere proved that hitting your head was bad for you.

[dipshit]

And the wanker shouldn't be surprised if his steering head fractures on him one day when flying down the motorway. Never mind the fork seals.

[James Deuce]

OK, that descended into the realm of the low blow.

Good luck with your ranting. We'll get you a soapbox and Community Mental Health Services minder so you can knock yourself out.

[boomer]

And the wanker shouldn't be surprised if his steering head fractures on him one day when flying down the motorway. Never mind the fork seals.


Are you trying to tell me i should have bought a honduh?

[Headbanger]

Right, I'm building a ramp, I'm stripping naked, and I'm going to launch my HD over a pit of fire. Not necessarily in that order.

Can we just ban bikes?, All rider injuries cost the tax payer.

And I'm not special, Never said I was, and neither are you, so stfu in regards to my actions.

Lord help ya, You would have a seizure if you saw what I get upto on my off-road bike.

[White trash]

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That, my friend, is why the majority of us practice a little mor before going anywhere near a camera.

Full marks for effort though.

[dipshit]

Right, I'm building a ramp, I'm stripping naked, and I'm going to launch my HD over a pit of fire. Not necessarily in that order.


Don't bother. Some other tosser has already beaten you to it...

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[Headbanger]

Naked stunt riding+crash+taking it like a man=LEGEND.

[dipshit]

...... :brick: .......

[Weaver]

Its each to their own. I personally am a ATGATT man myself. But thats because i'm not really what you would call an old guy and dont want to spend the rest of my life with some sort of disablity.
I'm not condoning the wearing of no protective gear. I think that if people want take the risks associated with not wearing gear, its their choice.

[boomer]

That, my friend, is why the majority of us practice a little mor before going anywhere near a camera.

Full marks for effort though.

And theres me thinking it was cos you were shy and lacked confidence !!!


Happy new year mate and to the whanau

[Taz]

...... :brick: .......

I can see why you're so against it after seeing you in that video. Mind you doing stunts naked is just dumb dude.

[Big Dave]

And theres me thinking it was cos you were shy and lacked confidence !!!



:nono: - Mongrel head.

[boomer]

:nono: - Mongrel head.

Please explain?

[Big Dave]

Please explain?

'My friend has a great face for radio'.

Like 'Please explain' - it's an Aussie thing.

[Hitcher]

King Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments.

Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.

Cleric: [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...

Brother Maynard: Skip a bit, Brother...

Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

Brother Maynard: Amen.

All: Amen.

King Arthur: Right. One... two... five.

Galahad: Three, sir.

King Arthur: Three.

[Weaver]

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[Storm]

Its each to their own. I think that if people want take the risks associated with not wearing gear, its their choice.

If only others thought the same way

[Big Dave]

If only others thought the same way

The Ambo and the Fireman do make good points as the scraper-upperers though.

[Swoop]

Do you see them banning rugby anytime soon?, The single biggest cause of ACC claims.

Do you think they would get away with it?

Loosen up the strap you have around your balls, Live a little, And hit back when shitbags try and shut you down.
Found this in the Harold today.
Steven Pinker, the Harvard psychologist and language expert, said he had changed his mind about whether humans were still evolving. He used to believe people had so isolated themselves from natural selection that evolution had stopped, but now he was not so sure.

"New studies suggest that thousands of genes have been subjected to strong natural selection over the past several thousand years, which means evolution is far from over for man."


You're wasting your breath, and in fact encouraging me to start thinking about riding naked, except for the obligatory helmet of course. I have to wear a helmet because someone, somewhere proved that hitting your head was bad for you.
On which head will said helmet, be worn?:laugh:

[sAsLEX]

Neither big nor clever.:msn-wink:

(And FFS, sack your photographer).

is this big and clever?

<img src=http://i.pbase.com/g4/61/595461/2/90842454.r370sjlI.jpg>

from http://www.pbase.com/naki_gaza/image/90842454

[u4ea]

Wanganui isn't known as SIN CITY for nothing!!!!:baby::lol:

[jrandom]

is this big and clever?

Go Nicko!

:2thumbsup

[lewis_walker]

And as for the fellow riding in a T-shirt on the blue R1 and pulling wheelies down the street past my motel, all I can say is, it's time you realised, sir, that they're neither big nor clever.

:bash:

PS. Not Trolling. I ride an SV1000 and I ride a bicycle. When I'm riding my bicycle I'll get up to approx 50Km/h on the flat if I'm feeling energetic, and as much as 80Km/h down hills. That's pretty normal for anyone who's a serious cyclist. You ever see a cyclist in kevlar-armoured leather?

This puts it in perspective for me. If I'm riding my SV around town, and keep it below 60 Km/h and it's a hot day... then I wear a T-shirt. GET OVER IT

[jrandom]

If I'm riding my SV around town, and keep it below 60 Km/h and it's a hot day... then I wear a T-shirt. GET OVER IT

You are a Very Bad Man.

:no: